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CreateASkate.org Photo Gallery - Students Build Thier Own Boards

Revolutionary school program teaches core learning using skateboard design

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CreateASkate.org is demonstrating to students all over the country how relevant learning can be by walking them through building their very own skateboard, right in the classroom! They get to actually make a skateboard by hand. In establishing the CreateAskate.org program, Paul Shmitt, a skateboard manufacturer for 15 years, hopes teenagers can discover for themselves a sense of pride and accomplishment, while also seeing first hand the real value of understanding things like math, science, engineering and art. Read more about the CreateASkate program in the CreateASkate article.

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Professor Paul SchmittTeacher InstructsTeacher InstructsTeacher teaching classTeacher teaching classJim Fitzpatrick Educational DirectorJim Fitzpatrick Educational Director
Bryan Ridgeway Managing DirectorBryan Ridgeway Managing DirectorBob BurnquistBob BurnquistGetting it DoneGetting it DoneClass CompletedClass Completed
Girls Skate Too!Girls Skate Too!Kenny BartramKenny Bartram getting his skate doneRob DyrdekRob Dyrdek, Pro Skater and star of MTV's Rob and BigCalifornia Senator Tom HarmanCalifornia Senator Tom Harman

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